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Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate)

DEB Rheinland-Pfalz

DEB1 KOBLENZ DEB2 TRIER DEB3 RHEINHESSEN-PFALZ

GDP per head (2000)

DEB Rheinland-Pfalz: 22.188 €⁴⁰⁶ (average of old Länder incl. Berlin: 26.426 € and excl. Berlin: 26.637)⁴⁰⁷

Germany⁴⁰⁸ 24.700 €

EU-15 = 100; DEB = 96,7; DEB1 = 89,5; DEB2 = 85,4; DEB3 = 105,0⁴⁰⁹

GDP at current prices/in Million € (2000)

DEB Rheinland-Pfalz⁴¹⁰: 89.427

Germany⁴¹¹: 2.030.000

EU-15⁴¹²: 8.524.371
Employment rate (2000)⁴¹³

DEB Rheinland-Pfalz: 1.722.000 persons in gainful employment = 63,9% (German average = 68,8%)

Unemployment rate (2002) ⁴¹⁴

DEB Rheinland-Pfalz: 8,0 %⁴¹⁵ (all persons in gainful employment) (Rheinland-Pfalz: 7,2 % ⁴¹⁶ (all civil employees)) (German average: 9,8%; West 7,9%, East: 18,0%)

Technological standing (5 point scale): 4
Strengths [short description]⁴¹⁷

Rheinland-Pfalz, situated in the centre-west of Germany, covers an area of 19.847 km² and had a population of 4.035.000 inhabitants in 2002. The infrastructure is well developed with a motorway network and efficient railway links to the rest of the Republic. 2 airports connect the state to international traffic and transport. Additionally the waterways Rhine and Mosel are important in this context.

Rheinland-Pfalz’s export quota is 41%, ranking it first among the German territorial states. Important industrial sectors are the chemical and pharmaceutical industry (BASF), automotive industry, timber processing industry and viniculture (largest wine-growing region in Germany). Moreover, mechanical engineering, high technology companies (the state rank 4^th in the top ten European regions with the highest numbers of employees in advanced technology; every eighth employee works in high-tech sector, which includes companies with high R&D budgets) and the predominance of SME characterise the economic structure of the state. According to Eurostat, the state ranks No. 1 among European regions in terms of the number of employees in state-of-the-art technologies. The infrastructure is enhanced by efficient waterways like the rivers Rhine and Mosel. Freight terminals at Koblenz, Trier, Ludwigshafen/Germersheim, Wörth and Mainz-Bingen support transshipment between road, rail and waterway carriers.

The chemical industry is the largest sector as far as sales in manufacturing (40%) and employment (25% of the workforce in manufacturing, 75.000 employees in 2001) are concerned (plastics production and processing is the largest chemical manufacturing sector). It is – like the mechanical engineering sector - characterised by a 90%-SME-structure. The automotive industry is the second largest industry (50.000 employees) after chemicals. It includes companies such as GM's Opel (Kaiserslautern) and DaimlerChrysler as well as about 120 automotive suppliers. The metals and electrical industry holds more than 41% of all industrial employment (122.000 employees). In 2000 sales in this sector made up 37% of total industry sales in the state, even if companies in this sector are smaller compared to other German states.

Geographically, the automotive industry is concentrated in the southern part of the Palatinate, around Kaiserslautern and in Koblenz-Neuwied, the mechanical engineering companies and automotive industry suppliers in the Ludwigshafen-Frankenthal are, the electrical engineering and IT companies in Rheinhessen, suppliers of automotive components, steel fabricators, hardware manufacturers as well as builders of steel and light metal structures in Westerwald, Hunsrueck, Eifel and Trier. Biotechnology is a growing sector of the state’s economy thanks also to the biotechnological know-how of universities and research institutes. Also the media sector increased in Rheinland-Pfalz with the ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen), Europe's largest TV network, the SAT1 management and SWR (SüdWest Rundfunk), the state-wide network (both Mainz), the RPR radio (Ludwigshafen), Tecmath AG (Kaiserslautern), RZ-online (Koblenz), SER (Neustadt/Wied), 1&1 Internet AG (Montabaur). Several state sponsored programmes furthermore support the development of the multimedia sector.

Moreover, the service sector is the fastest growing industry in the state and tourism is also an important sector of the state’s economy with 130.000 employees (every 12^th workplace is directly or indirectly guaranteed by this sector). With a view to agriculture 43% of the state’s land (of which 1.67 million hectares are dedicated to agriculture and forestry) sustains nearly 40.000 enterprises/farms and a certain agricultural diversity, (meadowlands, harvests of cereals, primarily wheat and barley, wines, vegetables and tobacco). With 6.000 hectares the state ranks third in German fruit production. Nearly 200.000 people (ca. 5 % of the state's population; 85.000 as full-time employees) work in the agricultural sector. Moreover, Rheinland-Pfalz is the biggest wine-producing region in Germany (over 20.000 wine-growers produce around 70% of the total German vintage in six of the 13 German wine-growing regions, 100.000 employees).

The ranking in relevance of the economic sectors in terms of their share of gross value-added in 2001 is manufacturing industries (28,2 mio €), public and private services (20,2 mio €); finance, real estate leasing and corporate services (21 mio €); trade, tourism and transportation (e.g. ‘German wine route’, 14,8 mio €) and agriculture, forestry, fishery (1,2 mio €). In terms of employment the chemical industry ranks first, metal production second, mechanical engineering third, automotive industry fourth and the food and tobacco industry fifth in 2001.
4 universities, 7 public institutes of higher education, 2 Max-Planck institutes, 2 Fraunhofer installations, 20 application and industry-oriented transfer centres, technology agencies associated with chambers of commerce are located here.

In 1999 the state held rank 10 in investment per employee in the processing industry.⁴¹⁸

Companies: BASF AG, Bitburger Brewery, Boehringer, Joh. A. Bensicker GmbH, DaimlerChrysler AG, IBM, Keiper GmbH & Co., Adam Opel AG, Pfaff, Schott Glas, IBM, SGE Deutsche Holding, TRW, Michelin Reifenwerke KgaA, Rasselstein Hoesch GmbH
Weaknesses [short description]

Few natural resources

Evolution in last decade [short description]

Employment has been (slightly) growing (1992: 1.684.200, 2002: 1.761.700) and the same holds true for the GDP/per capita (1992: 19.403 €, 2002: 23.038 €).⁴¹⁹

Rehinland-Pfalz was traditionally characterised by agriculture and was among the economically weakest German Länder. The structural transformation of the economy has created a rather balanced mix of different economic sectors. Nevertheless, agriculture is still predominant n rural areas.

The move of the Adam Opel AG into the south of the state had a great impact on the development of the entire region as the company is now one of the largest employers in the Pfalz. The transformation of the state into a service oriented economy is well underway. While other businesses were downsizing, the service sector created 64.000 jobs from 1997 to 1999. Moreover, the predominance of SME has contributed to the stable economic development of the state.

Due to the rapid development of new and high-technologies sector the challenges confronting companies, especially manual crafts, in the state have changed significantly in the past years. IT continues to play an ever-growing role.

With former allied forces and German armed forces withdrawing from their previous quarters in the state, circa 500 properties became available for civilian use, but also problems for the economic structure in areas affected by this withdrawing were created with the loss of about 100.000 civil and military posts. Many companies have already exploited the option of acquisition of new properties (e.g. at the former military airports in Hahn, Zweibrücken and Bitburg; at the Ökom Park in Birkenfeld; in the information and communications-oriented PRE-Park in Kaiserslautern). In some of these restructured sites, jobs are being created particularly in the new media sector. Biotechnology, genetic engineering and ICT are prospering sectors as well.

Moreover, after NATO withdrew from Frankfurt-Hahn, its facilities were transformed into the first international airport in Rheinland-Pfalz. Hahn has already become one of Germany’s largest air cargo hubs. Ryanair carrier as well as charter lines provide service to European destinations through its newly-created European hub at Hahn.
Further indicators
Public revenue and spending (mio €)⁴²⁰

	2000	2001	2002 (draft)	2003 (draft)
Revenue	10.598,0	10.624,6	10.530,9	10.817,5
Spending	11.075,7	11.277,1	11.379,5	11.598,7

Employment (at workplace) per sector

DEB Rheinland-Pfalz ⁴²¹

Agriculture: 2000: 52.800 2001: 53.800 2002: 54.100

Industry (without building and construction trade): 2000: 396.700 2001: 393.000 2002: 385.600

Building and construction trade: 2000: 116.200 2001: 115.400 2002: 110.500

Trade, tourism, transportation: 2000: 891.000 2001: 902.600 2002: 908.000

Public and private services:^422 2000: 1.089.600 2001: 1.098.800 2002: 1.110.100

Industrial Structure

Branches of industry⁴²³

Branch	Employment figures 2002
Food and tobacco	24.958
Textile, clothing, leather	9.339
Timber	7.932
Paper, printing, publishing	17.787
Mineral oil processing industry	332
Chemical industry	60.017
Rubber and synthetic material	23.400
Glas, ceramic, working of stone and earth	19.281
Metal (production, working, ..)	37.862
Mechanical engineering	36.130
Production of equipment for the production of electricity, office machines, ICT techniques, optical equipment tv,…	19.183
Vehicle production	29.425
Furniture, jewellery, musical instruments, sports equipment, toys, recycling	9.588

Research base

Employment in education, higher education and research⁴²⁴

2001/02

55.669

Public expenditure on science and research)⁴²⁵

2000	5.744,9 mio DM

Students at universities⁴²⁶

Wintersemester	Total number of
1996/97	81.227
2001/2002	85.881

Support infrastructure

Infrastructure (categories of streets)⁴²⁷

Category	Motorway (Autobahn)	Road network	Total
Kilometres	839	17.649	18.488

Vehicles

2002^428	2.861.809
2003^429	2.885.533

Doctors and dentists (2000)⁴³⁰

Doctors	10.751
Dentists	2.023

Designation for principal domestic policy support instruments (5 point scale): 2,5

Territorial Policy	2,5
Public sector transfer	2,8
Employment policy	2
Technology policy	2,5

Rheinland-Pfalz⁴³¹

RP	Fiscal resources before SHES (in Mio. DM)	Divergence from national average (balance measurement) (= 100)	Contribution / assignment within SHES (in Mio. DM)	Fiscal resources after SHES (in Mio. DM)	Divergence from national average (balance measurement) (= 100)	Supplementary federal grants (in Mio. DM)						Fiscal resources after SHES and Gap-filling grants (in Mio. DM)	Divergence from national average (balance measurement) (= 100)
						Gap-filling grants	Compensations for special political costs	Compensations for special burdens (east Germany)	Transitional grants (west Germany)	Rehabilitational grants Bremen and Saarland	SFH total
1995	15.545	96.2	229	15.773	97.6	343	219	0	451	0	1.013	16.116	99.8
1996	15.824	96.3	231	16.056	97.7	347	219	0	406	0	972	16.403	99.8
1997	15.628	95.2	296	15.924	97.0	444	219	0	361	0	1.024	16.368	99.7
1998	16.169	93.4	429	16.598	95.9	644	219	0	316	0	1.179	17.242	99.6
1999*	17.199	94.5	379	17.578	96.5	568	219	0	271	0	1.058	18.146	99.7
2000*	17.002	90.8	780	17.782	95.0	842	219	0	226	0	1.287	18.624	99.5
2001	16.377	93.2	451	16.828	95.7	676	219	0	180	0	1.075	17.504	99.6

*) preliminary
Impact on ex-ante divergence from national average of support from EU funds (7 point scale): 2,8

		2000-2006 (mio €)
				ERDF		ESF		EAGGF
		Total	EU contribution	EU contribution	%	EU contribution	%	EU contribution	%
Objective 2	Rhineland-Palatinate	1402.927	170.677	158.877	93.09%	11.8	6.91%	-	-

Impact on ex-ante divergence from national average of domestic policies (7 point scale): 3,7

Change in standing of region relative to national average in last five and ten years⁴³²

	1991	1996	2001
GDP/capita (€)	18.887	20.507	22.529
Population	3.788.700	3.985.800	4.041.200
Employment (persons)	1.675.300	1.667.400	1.761.800
Unemployment (persons)	82.334	149.782	134.801
Unemployment rate	5,4	9,4	7,6

	1995	1997	1999
R+D expenditure (mio €)^433	1457	1766	1948

Estimated effect on regional circumstances of different domestic policies:

	Strongly positive:	Slightly positive	Neutral	Slightly negative	Strongly negative
Territorial Policy			X
Public sector transfer		X
Employment policy			X
Technology policy			X